New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-27
AMONG CHANGING GROUPS
BRIEF TALKS WITH VISITORS TO THE CITY
AND OTHERS

- ""oo'"s win serious obstacles in the refusal OF
town ana city authorities grant the necessary rbs
OF way through their precincts Yesterday w A
Lynch who Is promoter of railroad cntcrnr,s. ,r,,
OF lluSDurg said: As | came through New Work
OH the ''ai road the other day, could not help but
n"''o '' 1t occupied the principal streets In passing
'hro"E" iia'eS ilkc Rochester and Syracuse When
Inc central Railroad was bnil its projectors did not
nave 10 Pay dollar for this privilege Nowadays
town ana city authorities fight tie railroads, or they
demand large 81 o. mercy or wholly refuse o ,cr
mt c"l'S sicctS I" he occupied un,cr any 6, usder-
"Io">' Inc promoters Of railroads Ind Il very diff
'u' !" secure entrance and exit to and from largo
'I'cS' ana even where we allowed occupy side
streets on the outskirts the town wo are hampcred
ny 50 many proviSos that find more proitab TO
buy The property and run the line on our own land =
! Ncw-Yorhcr who has spent twcnty.scvcn years
In the same limo Of statistical labor IS s. V Allairr
who has his headquarters I'm IlcaverSt. lie dresses
like typical NcwYorlcr, but looks like a Frcnchman
on account of the heavy mustachc and the IN portal
which furnish the hrSutc adornmcnt Of his face 1t
has been his daily custom since 1SG1 to gather in
prchcnSivc form AT the Custom House all the lnfor
ration regarding imports and export, and distribute
/ 1t among the customers of the bureau he organized
II is from Mr. Alaire that the Metal Exchange
statistics regarding metaS. the Produce Exchange. the
Cotton Exchange and the Coffee Exchange their daily
figures regarding the articles I'm which they deal II
IS imporan work. which properly executed
ports having been established to the satisfaction Of
those who receive them. their value becomes ncalcu
liable all the transactions Of the several exchanges
mentioned based upon them.
Washington newspaper cores pondcntS have, within
year or TWO. acquired the habit of running over 10
New-Iork quite often the statesmen. executive
and legislative. Members Of Congress are almost a
familiar in New York they are in Washington and
receive as LITTLE attention. In Washington the core
/ arc % pl>is
efforts TO CLEAN Information that public men there
have been accustomed TO ding their lips with silence
whenever newspaper man approaches. The Same
statesman I'm New York, after lac has transacted the
business that brings him here, and after having eaten
a good dinner Will sit down a quiet corner in the
hotel and talk TO any newspaper man who comes
along provided he IS companionabc. The washing
ton paper man finds it convenient when he cSpcc
J Tally desires an interview win pig l"1' man J."
follow him 10 New ork and catch him under such cir
/ cunStanccS. ". A. Mcbride, OF The Cincinnati In
qurer7 rotund and black eyed Is here every week or
two. He has sort "i rowing COMMISSION 10. ms
paper and writes up everything from l"lilc T." horse
r1eS is ' fcoHcnIy Seem here lie is a, cadayeons
a. an shaken Indiana man, small IN stature Il
hut he write all sorts Of gossip about public men
by the volume. Ben: Pcilry Poor, Mh9 was t'. me
Ne>ior of Washington Spoud'ntS MP 70 the time o
his death. used TO CLEAN great deal OF Information
with his 500 pounds Of avofdupoS on "" u,
tic scttccs in the Fifth Avenue Hotel ne Grdr ulu
fellow IS missed In New York as well as IN Washington
There is cOn~f ant cONllIaIU dl Ni' "P''"" '''''7
over tie tcerraphic service from tn" stations there
/ locatcd w. H. Barker. Of BROOKLYN. told me recently
that he sent a patch from the FIN AVcnnc h"t'
which was hcd at . o'clock 1t was to INFORM lis
wife that he would not get home TIL O'Clock lie eo'
there before the dispatch delivered When be com
plancd about at the Office the only satisfaction
he had was a promise thai he should be informed
where the delay occurred. His case ., on ~ an Illus
/ tratfve one. The hour that b. sent h, dis
patch Buffalo friend sent mcN"arr cicdl a'i"-,
lie STATE 10 his homo the shore Of Lake Eric. and
received an answer 10 It hy o'clock showing maj
the service can be what II out' I" l' ~ , tn
plants mostly from message sent 10 DuiIal
noiut, or city stations in end around Now DIX ana
/ Brooklyn suggesting Therefore thai II j. ne '-UVc
but loadcnheeled messenger boy who l. at auIt'
Since ex Conrrc..nan Jack Adams wa Knocked
ont in the race for judicial POSITION hi, gold bowed
eve glasses have climbed up full inch on his pug
nacou.. slightly upturncd nose, and his tongue ha,
| Como to waggng in favor of the state pruning anu
! distributing all election ballots - am going To
Albany 10 press the pa>Saec, Of such " I'll, h' S"'
4 recently When il is passed -hall urge Governor
/ Hl to sign 1t. II Is the only way l." cui Oh III, lai'
teci the voter II protects the ballot box II
protects tho polls. But IT give D." protection i" ,ir
ia lot itself on have no idea ma ~l,h Il law WI"
bring about a millennium Of popuar -uhi asc' bn II
/ Will be ono step toward purifying t!' huns anu
making them what they ought 10 De-
The cool headed. smiling, but oily political wire
pulcr Judge William l. Muller. secretary u inc p'h"
cratic state Committee cptomzcd his view Of Tie same
question by this remark: at Is question that
havo not Yet slulled. ye' IN a general way favor
letting every man print his own ballot That u the
utmost freedom Of the ballot Jnds" Muller by me
vov +. MIXING more and more with democratic
statesmen Of National reputation. Not maj he j.
giving mp hi- friends the state politician .nt "ny
that leo f. widening his political horizon: a 10y
crnor mr. political manager this il significant Of Tho
Governors incntion at least 10 gather iulI lhioiha
ton Of the National situation.
The veteran Fifth Avenue Hotel clerk, Colonel
W H. carr, who despite Ms twenty-five years OF
service behind the desk there looks scarcely more
than TWENTY-FIVE year, old himself, is great Inventor
In hi, mind. Every few days be announces some
rcu. tInnrovemcnt Ia the machinery by which guest
may be accommodated, noHe Of which, however, has
vet been put into practical operation. when the
colonel gets bis own hotel If his Jolly talk Is to be
believed he will I'll it full Of patent fire escapes food
cyanorator- eu- pension beds and other appliance,
t invention Of hi, aud other fertile brains ILL., latest
scheme f. tho in-tanancou. phoographihg OF every
,,c.t a. ne registers by which the fellow who drops
his Garnet lack from the window and he'~ he
town without paying his bill can be pursued idenei'
apWclcndc1 and punished. " itu see tad Inc 'oi
ouc Yesterday, IT would bo simple thing to put
camera I'D hero Oh the de-k when your customer AZ
r,vcs Won turn ON the instrument. and, whisk :!
wlLe YOU saying How arc you, sir there you nave
photographng every man "a hc ooincs H. anu ,,,o
record T. always there. fon can turn oyer your
bogu, check ca-icd beat out Of his bill think
| shall ret up an c,tabiisih"nnt soon 10 IuplnS
Oh we'll they do object to a good many thing, already
hut hO'cls not run for Inc aceUh'lo""''o" VI
quests but for the pleasure Of the ceIka.'
"Jho American Magazine" which ha7 como mo
prominence within short uLle, has Dceh P'""o''"
tlr,ugh the energy Of Colonel T.. II. Ropes, who has
bccn for a number Of year the literary worker ana
advertising agent Of tho singer sewing Machine
Company The extensive advertising OF any great
invention Ike the Singer machine has come 10 require
talent and tact Il no ordinary character. There are
concerns in New York City, whose success depends
o cucce. ,f,Il advertising. which pay from slroOp
r. $40 600 wear salary to their advertising manager
CoInuci Ropes Lccame convinced mat thrrc va,
feId I'm mi. country for magazine thht HhOhu ucNo'"
a. entire at tcniOn to American subjects anu l"PIS'